Improvement in the manufacture of wall-papers



W. WILSON. MANUFACTURE OPWALL PAPER.

No. 114,632; Patented May 9, 1871..

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WILLIAM WILSON, OF EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HOWELL & BROTHERS,OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 114,632, dated May 9, 1871 IMPROVEMENT IN THEMANUFACTURE OF WALL-PAPERS.

The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILsoN, ofEdgewater, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in theMode of ManufacturingWall-Papers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear andexact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to fully understandand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of thedevice illustrating my invention.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

t is well known that wall-papers of the class designated as plain tintshave been produced by the employment of a series of brushes for applyingthe colors, and another series of brushes for distributing and finishingthe same.

This process is objectionable from the fact that the brushes will notevenly distribute the color, but will, in a measure,streak the surface,are apt to tear or cut the paper, and cake or clog with the coloringmaterial,

thus rendering the bristles harsh and scratchy, whereby the utility ofthe brushes is destroyed, while the product is inferior and yet quiteexpensive.

I have discovered that paper can be grounded without the employment ofbrushes, and thus the evils heretofore stated will be remedied. For thispurpose I employ a soft-faced roller, A, and dispense with the brushes,and said roller will perform two functions, viz., it first takes thetint and then applies it to the paper, whereby it will produce thepeculiar ground surface so desirable in papers of this class, and soperfect is that surface that subsequent brushing is entirelyunnecessary.

When the roller receives the tint from the apron B it immediatelyimparts the ground to the paper, and its surface flattens itself againstthe paper so as to cause the ground to well se't on the paper.

There will -be no scratching, streaking, unevenness, danger of tearingor cutting of the paper, and the other objections to the old process,and there will be saving in the cost of the product, whereby cheapness,superiority, and uniformity of work and safety of paper are combined inmy invention.

I am aware that brushes have been employed for tinting papers, andtherefore disclaim them; but

I do claim- The grounding-roller, for first receiving and then directlyapplying the tint to the paper, and thereby dispense with the subsequentemployment of brushes, as herein set forth.

The above signed by me this 13th day of March, 1871.

W. WILSON.

Witnesses:

G. H. WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM HOWELL.

